location-based marketing for professional services firms
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LOCATION-BASED MARKETINGfor
Professional Services Firms
Jessica Levin Leigh George, PhD
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Agenda
• Overview
• Check-in services
• Group buying
• QR codes
• Applications for professional services
• Case studies
• Questions
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OVERVIEW
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What is location-based marketing (LBM)?
Using mobile devices to deliver a targeted marketing message to users in a specific geographic location.
OVERVIEW
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What is gamification?
Applying game mechanics to non-game activities
Points
Badges
Levels
Leaderboards
Challenges
Think airline frequent flier programs and hotel loyalty programs
OVERVIEW
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CHECK-IN SERVICES
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Check-in services
Over 10 million users! 1.6 million users. Most users are 13 to 38 years old.
CHECK-IN SERVICES
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Check-in services
Over 10 million users!
Over 700 million users worldwide!
CHECK-IN SERVICES
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Check-in services
Who is using them?
• Only 4% of Americans use location-based services• 7% of adults who go online with their mobile phone use a
location-based service.• 8% of online adults ages 18-29 use location-based
services, significantly more than online adults in any other age group.
• 10% of online Hispanics use these services – significantly more than online whites (3%) or online blacks (5%).
• 6% of online men use a location-based service such as Foursquare or Gowalla, compared with 3% of online women.
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project, November 2010
CHECK-IN SERVICES
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Individual Arrives
Checkin
Alerted of
Specials
Socialize Checkins
Add Tips or Create “To-Dos”
Earn “Social Capital”
Check-in services
How do they work?
CHECK-IN SERVICES
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Check-in services
CHECK-IN SERVICES
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GROUP BUYING
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Group buying
Negotiate Discounts
Deals Advertised
Local Customers Buy
Receive Voucher
Share Deal
Business Receives Proceeds
GROUP BUYING
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QR CODES
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QR codes
Bridge offline and online with quick mobile consumption
• Provide more information
• Drive to online content: website, social network, video, etc.
• Enable direct calls, emails
• Download an MP3
• Access to coupons or free giveaways
QR CODES
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Is it audience appropriate?
QR CODES
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Is it audience appropriate?
QR CODES
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QR codes
MicrosoftTag
QR CODES
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The importance of marketing
Crucial to educate your audience
• Describe the technology and how it works
• Explain what apps they need and how to download
• Promote the timing and details of a campaign
• Prize should be significant enough to drive participation
QR CODES
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APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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How LMB can be valuable for B2B
• Events
• SEO
• Data mining
• Augmented reality
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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Events
• Foursquare• Create a location to people to check-in• Minimal interaction
• SCVNGR• Challenges• Greater interaction• Organize a trek or just at your booth
• BoothTag• Specifically for events• Scan booth and individuals’ barcodes—
no need for business cards• Multiple ways to earn points: exhibitors,
attendees, sessions, vote on conference awards, donate to a foundation
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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Events
• Promote it well—education!
• Provide an incentive—great prizes
Keys to success
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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• Each venue has its own page with a well-optimized, unique title tag
• Keywords are easily added in the form of tags
• The address and location information are prominently displayed and crawlable
• Venue profiles can be linked to Twitter accounts
• URLs can be attached by adding a “Tip”—and it’s a direct, follow link
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Claim your venue
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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• Use a smartphone to find your place or add it
• From your browser, search for the place, click the "Is this your business?" link. Facebook will now verify your location by telephone
• Should do the same with Google places
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Claim your venue
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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SEO
Breaking news!Business pages now self-service
Includes:• Page title
• Page description
• URLs
• Links to your other social networks
• Tips
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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Could inform decisions about:
• Advertising and sponsorships
• Incentives or rewards
• Events to attend, where to present
• New business development, etc.
Data Mining
Let’s you know where people go and what they do, their interests
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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Real-life applicability
• Enhancing the tradeshow experience
• Helpful for travel and client events
• Assist in inventory checks
• Help on the golf course
Augmented Reality
Creates a virtual world on top of an existing one
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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• Restaurant Reviews appear virtually using the camera on your smartphone.
• Use it to find dining options when traveling for business.
• Great for other service related businesses too
Yelp
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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This incredible app can point out bunkers, tell you how far it is to the dog leg, and even remember which clubs you like to use for certain distances.
Golfscape GPS Rangefinder
APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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CASE STUDIES
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LevelUp Your Startup
CASE STUDIES
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LevelUp Your Startup
For entrepreneurs with great ideas who could use discounted legal and accounting advice as well as coveted access to premier investors.
Level 1: Foley Hoag attorneys will meet with entrepreneurs to help get their companies incorporated with a startup legal package.
Level 2: A startup accounting package
Level 3: Opportunity to pitch their company to top-notch investors Google Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Common Angels, Robin Hood Ventures and Dreamit Ventures
SCVNGR is a client
CASE STUDIES
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LevelUp Your Startup
• Only 10 deals available—sold out within an hour
• A share of the proceeds went to a charity
• $2,800 worth of legal services for $250—91% discount
• Goal was not making money but to support the local community of entrepreneurs
SCVNGR is a client
CASE STUDIES
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LevelUp Your Startup
SCVNGR is a client
Takaways
Think creatively about:• Your goals: awareness and community service vs business
development
• Who you are trying to reach: is there an audience in need you could tap into?
• Potential partners
CASE STUDIES
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Delivering ads to mobile audiences
Goal: To grow its customer portfolio for small business insurance programs
Audience: Small business owners, many of which are on the go, traveling to and from meetings and accessing the Internet via their laptops, mobile phones, iPads and other devices during the course of the day
Solution: Location-based ads that Integrated with existing outdoor advertising
Worked with a location-based wi-fi ad company that delivers targeted third-party ads in public wi-fi areas
British specialist insurer
CASE STUDIES
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Delivering ads to mobile audiences
Mapped the locations of Hiscox’s outdoor ads to the vendor’s wi-fi advertising inventory. Business people who logged on to public wi-fi in the vicinity of one of Hiscox’s billboards, were shown a correlating digital ad with clear call-to-actions, to encourage them to request a Hiscox insurance quote.
Hiscox ads were also displayed on the wi-fi login pages at the point-of-connection to give Hiscox plain visability prior to users commencing online activity.
Results: Click-through rates five times higher than the company’s average rate for traditional online display ads.
British specialist insurer
CASE STUDIES
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Delivering ads to mobile audiences
Takaways
Think creatively about:
• Who you are trying to reach
• Their online behavior
• Where and how you could connect with them
British specialist insurer
CASE STUDIES
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Questions? Contact Us:
Leigh George, PhD
Senior Digital Marketing Strategist, R2integrated
410.327.0007 x 1211
linkedin.com/in/leighgeorge
@leighgeorge
Jessica L. Levin, MBA, CMP
President and Chief Connector, Seven Degrees Communications, LLC
908.294.5010
linkedin.com/in/jessicalevin
@JessicaLevin